Alberto Cairo
@albertocairo.com
Designer, journalist, and professor.
Author of 'The Art of Insight' (2023) 'How Charts Lie' (2019), 'The Truthful Art' (2016), and 'The Functional Art' (2012). NEW PROJECT: https://openvisualizationacademy.org/
Author of 'The Art of Insight' (2023) 'How Charts Lie' (2019), 'The Truthful Art' (2016), and 'The Functional Art' (2012). NEW PROJECT: https://openvisualizationacademy.org/
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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I wrote this a year ago. I wrote about Trump’s campaign of raci anxiety when he won the first time as did others. Look to see who is being platformed in this America that many of us predicted, and who has been disappeared. That will reveal a lot about this moment and what power wants us to believe.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I wrote this a year ago. I wrote about Trump’s campaign of raci anxiety when he won the first time as did others. Look to see who is being platformed in this America that many of us predicted, and who has been disappeared. That will reveal a lot about this moment and what power wants us to believe.
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My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
As I suggested to a colleague during a recent discussion about these matters, "if all evidence shows that something is true and something else is not, you mustn't present them as equals, no matter what "critics" say. That might align with some false principle of "balance", but it's also dishonest."
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
As I suggested to a colleague during a recent discussion about these matters, "if all evidence shows that something is true and something else is not, you mustn't present them as equals, no matter what "critics" say. That might align with some false principle of "balance", but it's also dishonest."
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The writer for the New York Times hack piece that this article describes is Jeremy Peters , who organized writers against criticisms by colleagues who were trans and gender non conforming by lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The writer for the New York Times hack piece that this article describes is Jeremy Peters , who organized writers against criticisms by colleagues who were trans and gender non conforming by lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
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Hans Rosling style
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hans Rosling style
Data visualization by the people, for the people
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Data visualization by the people, for the people
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Computation+Journalism 2025 is a month away (December 11-12); we're finishing the last details of the symposium: cplusj2025.com Here's the full agenda: cplusj2025.com/agenda/ Join us! You can register here ($150 for professionals, $30 for students): events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Computation+Journalism 2025 is a month away (December 11-12); we're finishing the last details of the symposium: cplusj2025.com Here's the full agenda: cplusj2025.com/agenda/ Join us! You can register here ($150 for professionals, $30 for students): events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
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The Open Visualization Academy's newsletter is expanding! New contributor: Melissa Strong, who is also co-designing the OVA's website. Her first article in a series of 6: 'How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
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' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. Think of “free” as in “free speech,” not “free beer.” — Richard Stallman
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Open Visualization Academy's newsletter is expanding! New contributor: Melissa Strong, who is also co-designing the OVA's website. Her first article in a series of 6: 'How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
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New in the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World, by Michela Tjan: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/keeping-vi... #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism
Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World
Why the future of data visualization isn’t just about better charts, but about preserving human agency, accessibility, and creativity
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October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New in the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: Keeping Visualization Human in an AI-Driven World, by Michela Tjan: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/keeping-vi... #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism
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This is a really nice blog post about the value of open source in #DataViz 📊
"Trust matters in data visualization. People need to believe what they see. Open source makes that possible because you can look under the hood and see how things work." - couldn't agree more!
"Trust matters in data visualization. People need to believe what they see. Open source makes that possible because you can look under the hood and see how things work." - couldn't agree more!
The Open Visualization Academy's newsletter is expanding! New contributor: Melissa Strong, who is also co-designing the OVA's website. Her first article in a series of 6: 'How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. Think of “free” as in “free speech,” not “free beer.” — Richard Stallman
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is a really nice blog post about the value of open source in #DataViz 📊
"Trust matters in data visualization. People need to believe what they see. Open source makes that possible because you can look under the hood and see how things work." - couldn't agree more!
"Trust matters in data visualization. People need to believe what they see. Open source makes that possible because you can look under the hood and see how things work." - couldn't agree more!
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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
Computation+Journalism 2025 is a month away (December 11-12); we're finishing the last details of the symposium: cplusj2025.com Here's the full agenda: cplusj2025.com/agenda/ Join us! You can register here ($150 for professionals, $30 for students): events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Computation+Journalism 2025 is a month away (December 11-12); we're finishing the last details of the symposium: cplusj2025.com Here's the full agenda: cplusj2025.com/agenda/ Join us! You can register here ($150 for professionals, $30 for students): events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
The Open Visualization Academy's newsletter is expanding! New contributor: Melissa Strong, who is also co-designing the OVA's website. Her first article in a series of 6: 'How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. Think of “free” as in “free speech,” not “free beer.” — Richard Stallman
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Open Visualization Academy's newsletter is expanding! New contributor: Melissa Strong, who is also co-designing the OVA's website. Her first article in a series of 6: 'How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
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Waiting for all the breathless coverage about the all the people of color shifting blue in this election, since the shift to Trump a year ago was treated like a colossal re-ordering of the electorate that signaled the end of wokeness and progressive politics.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Waiting for all the breathless coverage about the all the people of color shifting blue in this election, since the shift to Trump a year ago was treated like a colossal re-ordering of the electorate that signaled the end of wokeness and progressive politics.
I saw this headline this morning, then noticed the author, and I haven't been able to stop chuckling
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I saw this headline this morning, then noticed the author, and I haven't been able to stop chuckling
I'm reading S.A. Cosby's latest, 'King of Ashes'; this man has a gift for memorable sentences...
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'm reading S.A. Cosby's latest, 'King of Ashes'; this man has a gift for memorable sentences...
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Books on display at #ieeevis! CRC Press📚/discount for attendees (code: 25EFLY3). Includes books by several presenters (incl @tnagel.bsky.social @cybunk.bsky.social ). Most feature in the www.routledge.com/AK-Peters-Visualization-Series edited by Tamara Munzner & @albertocairo.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Books on display at #ieeevis! CRC Press📚/discount for attendees (code: 25EFLY3). Includes books by several presenters (incl @tnagel.bsky.social @cybunk.bsky.social ). Most feature in the www.routledge.com/AK-Peters-Visualization-Series edited by Tamara Munzner & @albertocairo.com
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The full agenda of the Computation+Journalism Symposium is online! Join us in Miami for two days (December 11-12) of great talks, workshops, panels, and paper presentations: cplusj2025.com/agenda Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The full agenda of the Computation+Journalism Symposium is online! Join us in Miami for two days (December 11-12) of great talks, workshops, panels, and paper presentations: cplusj2025.com/agenda Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...